The Rubettes

Rubettes
General information
Genre (s)	pop
founding	1973
Founding members
Vocals , guitar, piano	Alan Williams
Guitar, vocals	Tony Thorpe
Bass , vocals	Mick Clarke
Drums , vocals	John Richardson
Keyboard	Bill Hurd
piano	Pete Arnesen (until 1974)

The Rubettes are a band from England , founded in 1973 , whose greatest success was the 1974 single Sugar Baby Love .

Band history

Sugar Baby Love was the only number one hit in Germany and Great Britain and was the only title in the group to place in the USA. The song was originally sung by Paul da Vinci, who decided to pursue a solo career even before the title became a hit.

Numerous other Rubettes' top 10 hits followed across Europe, including Tonight , Juke Box Jive , I Can Do It and Foe-dee-oh-dee . Baby I know , a ballad in the country-rock style was, in 1977, the last top 10 hit in the UK.

The first six singles and three albums were produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington, who worked with ex-Beatle Pete Best in the 1960s . Several tracks from the first three albums were also recorded by other artists and became chart successes, such as Way Back in the Fifties from the album Wear It's' at for Carl Wayne (formerly with The Move ) in 1975, Don't Do It Baby from the album We Can Do It and I'm Just Dreaming from the Rubettes album for Mac and Katie Kissoon in 1975 and 1976.

In 1976 the Rubettes broke away from the producer and composer duo Bickerton & Waddington and produced their singles and albums together with Alan Blakely (formerly with The Tremeloes ) themselves. This included an excursion into the genre of country rock with songs like Under One Roof , Baby I Know , Sometime in Oldchurch and Still Unwinding .

Comeback in the 1990s

In the 1990s some new albums and singles came out, including Riding on a Rainbow (1992), Making Love in the Rain (1995) and in France Smile (1994) and The Very Best of the Rubettes (1999). The latter combined the greatest successes from the 1970s together with new titles from the 1990s and was able to place itself in the top 10 of the charts in France.

present

Rubettes feat Alan Williams
General information
Website	The Rubettes
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar, piano	Alan Williams
Bass, vocals	Mick Clarke
Drums, vocals	John Richardson
Keyboards, guitar, vocals	Mark Haley (ex-kinks)

Rubettes feat Bill Hurd
General information
Website	The Rubettes
Current occupation
Keyboards, vocals	Bill Hurd
Guitar, vocals	Kenny Butler
Guitar, vocals	Dave Harding
Bass, vocals	Chris Staines
Drums, vocals	Martin Clapson

As a result of a court ruling, there are now two groups called Rubettes. The band still goes under the name “The Rubettes feat. Alan Williams “on tour. Under the name “The Rubettes feat. Bill Hurd “the group performs under keyboardist Bill Hurd with former studio singer Paul da Vinci.

In 2008, the group met in the RTL telecast The Ultimate Chart Show and covered with Sugar Baby Love the first place the issue most successful oldies all time .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Wear it's' at	DE32 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1975	We Can Do It	DE31 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK41 (1 week) UK	-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums 1975: Rubettes 1976: Sign of the Times 1977: Baby I Know 1977: Sometime in Oldchurch 1978: Still Unwinding 1979: Shangri-La 1992: Riding on a Rainbow 1993: I Can Do It 1994: Smile 1995: Making Love in the Rain 2010: 21st Century Rock'n'Roll (feat.Bill Hurd)

Compilations 1976: The Best Of 1976: Rubettes 1978: The Rubettes 1990: The Best Of 1993: Sugar Baby Love 1993: Best of the Rubettes 1994: Juke Box Jive 1997: The Rubettes 1998: The Very Best of the Rubettes 2000: Sugar Baby Love

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Sugar Baby Love Wear It's' at	DE1 gold (25 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH1 (20 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (10 weeks)UK	US37 (10 weeks) US
	Tonight Wear It's' at	DE4 (19 weeks) DE	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK12 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Juke Box Jive We Can Do It	DE4 (25 weeks) DE	AT8 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	-
1975	I Can Do It We Can Do It	DE3 (24 weeks) DE	AT7 (16 weeks) AT	CH6 (6 weeks) CH	UK7 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Foe-dee-oh-dee Rubettes	DE6 (15 weeks) DE	AT8 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK15 (6 weeks) UK	-
	Little Darling Rubettes	DE22 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK30 (5 weeks) UK	-
1976	You're the Reason Why Sign of the Times	DE22 (15 weeks) DE	-	-	UK28 (4 weeks) UK	-
	Under One Roof Baby I Know	DE30 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	-
1977	Baby I know, baby I know	DE34 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	-
	Ooh-la-la baby I know	DE16 (27 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1978	Cherie Amour The Best of the Rubettes	DE39 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
	Little 69 The Best of the Rubettes	DE37 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-

More singles

1974: Saturday Night 1975: At the High School Hop Tonight 1976: Allez Oop 1976: Julia 1976: Dark Side of the World 1976: Rock Is Dead 1977: Ladies of Laredo 1977: Come On Over 1978: Sometime in Oldchurch 1978: Goodbye Dolly Gray 1978: Movin '

1979: Lola 1979: Kid Runaway 1979: Stay with Me 1981: Rockin 'Rubettes Party 45 (Medley) 1981: I Can't Give You Up 1981: Stuck on You 1982: Don't Come Crying 1985: Keep On Dancing 1989: Megamix 1991: New Way of Loving You (Promo) 1994: Under One Roof (Revisited)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
2. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database
3. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .

Web links

• The Rubettes feat Alan Williams
• The Rubettes feat Bill Hurd
• The Rubettes at Allmusic (English)
• The Rubettes at Discogs (English)